Tapan Dasgupta

Tapan Dasgupta is an Indian politician who served as minister of Agriculture Marketing in West Bengal under the ministry of Mamata Banerjee from 2016 till 2021.^[1] Being a member of Trinamool Congress,^[2] he is currently serving as a member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Saptagram constituency since 2011.^[3]

Tapan Dasgupta
President , Hooghly District Trinamool Congress
In office 24 July 2005 – 4 July 2019
Preceded by	Akbar Ali Khondkar
Succeeded by	Dilip Yadav
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 May 2011
Preceded by	New seat
Constituency	Saptagram, Hooghly
Minister of Agriculture Marketing Government of West Bengal
In office 20 May 2016 – 5 May 2021
Governor	Keshari Nath Tripathi Jagdeep Dhankhar
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Preceded by	Rabindranath Bhattacharjee
Succeeded by	Becharam Manna
Personal details
Political party	Trinamool Congress
Residence(s)	Hooghly, West Bengal

Early life and education

Dasgupta was graduate student of Rishi Bankim College, Naihati. He completed his studies and did B.A. in Calcutta University in 1975.^[4]

Controversies

Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, took action in July 2019 to remove minister Dasgupta from his position as party president of the Hooghly district unit. This came just a few days after his name was mentioned in connection with the kickback scandal. Dilip Yadav, a local leader, has taken over from Dasgupta in this role.^[5]